Shona Brown, Senior Vice President, Business Operations, Google, has a bachelor of computer systems engineering degree from Carleton University in Canada and a master’s degree in economics and philosophy from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. She received her Ph.D. and Post-Doctorate from Stanford University’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. Our management blog mentioned her last month: Chaos Management (by design) at Google – and her book, Competing on the Edge: Strategy as Structured Chaos.

Padmasree Warrior, EVP, Chief Technology Officer, Motorola – “received a M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University, and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India.”
Beth Comstock, President, NBC Universal Digital Media and Market Development, General Electric: “graduated from The College of William and Mary with a degree in biology.” World Technology Network

Don’t forget, when looking at data, that the pay of engineers is not the same thing as the pay of engineering majors. Many successful engineers move into management, executive and other positions – and CEO positions too 🙂